All week long, the Detroit Journalism Cooperative is examining how Detroit is doing under bankruptcy and the leadership of Mayor Mike Duggan.
We've looked at the mayor himself. We've also looked at blight, transportation, and the bus system.
Now we turn to a challenge that seemed to have caught the collective attention of writers and reporters around the world as they talk about Detroit's bankruptcy: the streetlights.
The fact that almost half the streetlights in Detroit didn't work became a sort of symbol of how "broken" the city had become.
Let's find out if things are looking brighter in the neighborhoods and streets of Detroit.
We were joined by Lester Graham of Michigan Watch.
*Listen to full interview above.